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Michael Bond
Writer, London
Michael Bond is a science writer specialising in psychology and social behaviour. His books include Wayfinding: The Art and Science of How We Find and Lose Our Way (2020), Fans: A Journey into the Psychology of Belonging (2024) and Animate: How Animals Shape the Human Mind (2026). He lives in Hampshire, UK.
Written by Michael Bond
essayAnthropology
We are wayfinders
Navigation and spatial awareness sustained humans for tens of thousands of years. Have we lost the trail in modern times?
Michael Bond
essayCities
The intimacy of crowds
Crowds aren’t really crazed – they are made of highly co-operative individuals driven to shared interests and goals
Michael Bond